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kedd, október 25, 2016

As I mentioned in my previous post, I have been busy stitching away....

I have a couple of new starts, with a few more planned in the future...

Here is what I started...

It's been a while since I've done a big Mirabilia project, so I decided it was time... and I pulled out Madonna of the Garden... started her on September 25, and this is my progress so far.

I am stitching her on 28ct lugana (I believe)Snowy Skies by Sparklies hand dyed fabrics using the called for threads.

Next up is Feathers & Friends by Butternut Road, one that has been in my to do pile for a very long time.... I started her on Oct 5 and this is my progress up to today... I've been working on her apron...

I am stitching her on 28ct bayleaf jobelan with the called for DMC.

As for my other wips, I made some progress on only a couple of them... I worked on my Summer Bouquet as well as my Reflections of Canada... I tried to work on Autumn Quaker by Rosewood Manor, but I made a mistake somewhere and I just couldn't find it to fix it, so I gave up... and made no new progress on that one...

Here are my before and after pictures of both Summer Bouquet by Lanarte and Reflections of Canada by Ink Circles

hétfő, október 24, 2016

Wow, where has the time gone??? I can't believe it is almost the end of October and the that the last time I posted to my poor blog was back in July!

Time to dust off the ole' keyboard and get to work! I wanted to update my side bar with my monthly blinkies, but it seems that photobucket isn't working well today, so that will have to wait.

I have been busy stitching away, just as usual not posting... I have a bunch to show off, but I'll break it up into a couple of posts...

First of all I'm behind in posting my tusal's to my blog... I have been posting them on instagram, just as you may have noticed, not here... so here we go!

this is August's jar as well as the year to date in the bigger one

next up is September's jar and the year to date... as you can see lots of stitching going on.... and of course finally this is for October...

I've been working on all sorts of things, my various wips as well as starting new things, but those will come later... for now I'll share a couple of little happy dances...

One of my wips is the mini twist series by Northern Expressions, which is a 6 part series of different specialty stitches... I've done the first two... I am doing them all in the same colour combination and all on one piece of fabric.

Part one was Symrnas and Eyelets and part two was Rhodes and Rice stitches... here they are together

I also started and finished off Remember Me by Sheepish Designs... I first saw this framed up at LNS and fell in love, and even though it is an OOP design, I began my search! Finally after a couple of years I managed to track it down and here it is!

It looks a bit crooked in the picture, but that is just due to my photography skills... it really is a nice rectangle.... It is stitched on 32ct ivory jobelan using the called for DMC, except I did change 2 of the colours - the pinks as the original ones were more brown and I didn't want brown flowers... and the original picture on the chart showed something similar to what I chose.

Wips and new starts up next... but that will have to wait until my next post...

hétfő, július 04, 2016

Okay I have been missing in action from my blog, but that doesn't mean I haven't been productive... just lazy when it comes to posting...

Let's start with the tusal posts as today is our ort report day!

I took a picture for June, but didn't post here only on instagram... go figure... and I have today's picture to show off...

so here are my full ort jars in their glory!

June

July

So as you can see lots of stitching going on!

I have a few finishes to show, so I'll do those first and then my wips that I have going on...

First up is Love Cube by AAN - I made it into a wedding sampler for my nephew who is getting married at the end of the month. It just needs to be ironed and stretched, as we already have the frame.

I stitched with Dmc 816, Nina's threads in old gold and raven on 32ct silver mist jobelan by Stephanie

Next up is Blue Village by Satsuma Street. This is my first but not last stitch from this designer... love their whimsical and colourful designs.

I stitched on 32ct winter solstice jobelan by Stephanie using the called for threads.

Next up is the last finish to show, and also another first for me... My first ever stitch/finish of a Just Nan pattern. I have a few Nan patterns in my stash, but until now I have never stitched any. I really like the way this turned out.

I stitched it with the called for threads on 32ct pollywog Princess jobelan by Stephanie.

Next up a wip, and a couple of new starts...

I made some really good progress on my Cornwall Cottage Sampler, I won't say I can see the light at the end of the tunnel just yet, but it is getting closer!

Stitched on 32ct ivory jobelan with the called for Weeks threads. As you can see, I've changed the alphabet part a little and centred the bottom line... I didn't want to add that "wrought by" box...once the basket is finished I will decide what to do with the two spaces at the beginning and end of that line... if I will just leave them blank, or add some sort of motifs ...

I also have two new starts... I started Reflections of Canada by Ink Circles on Friday - July 1 - Canada Day.

I'm stitching it with DMC 815 on white jobelan... I am unsure of the count... I believe it to be 28 but when I checked it, it came to 25ct... however I don't ever remember owning 25ct fabric... so I really have no clue other than it is white...

I'm making pretty good progress on this, and love seeing all of the small details come to life...

My other new start is Mother's Honour Due by Blackbird Designs...

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I am actually a bit further along on this pattern but this is my most up to date photo. It is being stitched on ivory jobelan 32ct I believe, with threads from my stash. Nina's threads: Hunter, AmberGAST: claret, and Crescent Colors: peapod, wild berries.I plan on personalizing it by adding not only my mom but my grandmothers names to it as wellAnyways, that is it for now... until next time happy stitching!

hétfő, május 09, 2016

First off, it was the new moon on the 6th, so that means it is time for our TUSAL... here is my jar full of orts! I managed to get lots of stitching in again this month! I'm very happy about that.

I also managed to have a couple of happy dances too! I finished off Geranium by Mirabillia/Nora Corbett. She is stitched with the called for threads and beads, except I made one small change to the beads... I used the colour that was called for, I just changed the size...

there are blue beads that go along the outside of her wings, and these are supposed to be much larger... well I didn't like the look of them, so I switched them out... luckily I had the exact same colour but smaller in my stash, so I didn't need to look far!

I really like the way she turned out... and I've missed stitching Mira's... I am going to have to definitely put another one into my rotation in the near future! She is stitched on 32ct tactical camo jobelan by Hand Dyed by Stephanie. You can't quite tell from the picture, but it has nice green undertones in it.

I have a second happy dance to report as well... I was wanting some small "quick" finishes to add in to my stitching rotation, and as I was playing with my stash... I came across the dictionary series by Cherrywood Designs. This is stitch... and there are a total of 6 in the original series, plus one bonus. I do plan on stitching them all. They are quite fun.

It is stitched on 32ct toasted almond jobelan by Stephanie as well, and I used DMC 3750. My plan is to stitch 3 in the same blue, and then the other three in a deep red/burgundy colour on similar fabric.

I made some progress on my Autumn Quakers by Rosewood Manor as well... ﻿

The bottom half is done, and I have moved on to the top half... I made some counting errors in the bottom left corner, so I had to adjust a few of the smaller motifs near the center to make sure things fit properly. I love working with the Valdini threads, the colours are so rich. I can hardly wait until this one is done and then get and start one of the other seasons!.﻿

It is time to switch projects... not sure exactly which I will pick up... but until next time... happy stitching!﻿

vasárnap, április 17, 2016

It seems as of late that all I'm doing is catch up posts! I love reading other people's blogs, I like my blog and I like posting, I've just gotten very lazy at it!

However enough of that, let's get on to the important stuff! Stitching and orts!

April's new moon has come and gone, it was on April 7. As usual, I took my picture in time, but as you can guess.... I'm only posting it now...

Same set up as before... small jar is this month's contribution, big jar is the year to date.

I've also managed to have a couple of smaller happy dances since I last posted... I started and finished Pushing up the daisies by Raise the Roof Designs... I just need the actual daisy buttons that go along the fence. I know it is not to everyone's taste, but I like it and think it is funny.

It is stitched on 32ct whimsical winter jobelan by Under the Sea fabrics with dmc. I changed the fence from white to a more yellowy wood looking colour.

My next finish is also a small fun piece... Disney Villains by Cloudsfactory. It is also stitched on 32ct whimsical winter jobelan by Under the Sea, using dmc.

My third finish is a crochet finish... another baby blanket

I didn't feel like stitching on my other wips so I decided to start something new... I pulled out a Mira/Nora Corbett pattern... haven't worked on any sort of mira in over a year! I decided on Geranium.... here my last progress picture... though I now have more done since this was taken... I'm working on her skirt now.

I'm stitching her on 32ct tactical camo jobelan by Hand dyed by Stephanie.

vasárnap, március 20, 2016

I finished my Home Sweet Home project by Les Grilles du Maryse. It was her 2013 SAL. There are other accessories that I haven't stitched yet, but this was the main part of the project.

It is stitched on 32ct mulled cider jobelan by Stephanie using DMC ecru. I haven't decided if I will stitch the other parts, but I do have enough fabric I do.

Next up, is where I left off with my Cornwall Cottage! I did a little happy dance with that one as well, as my border matched up perfectly, with no frogging. I was very relieved! ﻿

Since I've been good this year so far and have only worked on wips, I think it is time to start a new project! I haven't decided yet on which one, but definitely something new for a bit before going back to my other projects.

csütörtök, március 10, 2016

Just a quick update... the new moon was yesterday, so that means ort report time...

Here is my March ort report... the small jar is my monthly collection - lots of stitching this month on the summer bouquet I posted in my last post... and the large jar is the year so far.

I switched out wips and decided as I mentioned in my previous post, to give Cornwall Cottage some much needed love... here is the side I was working on as well as where I am so far on it. Still lots to go!

kedd, március 01, 2016

It seems that all I'm doing lately is playing catch up with my blog. I love having one, I love reading other people's blogs, I'm just getting really lazy when it comes to posting on mine. Which is quite strange, as I have had lots of crafty goodness going on.

So apologies to all that read my blog, if anyone out there still does that I've been so very neglectful.

Now on to that crafty goodness I was mentioning!

First things first, February's TUSAL... I took my picture at the correct time, the new moon, but obviously I've failed to post it on time. However, better late than never... here is my February ort report.

I decided that this year I will do my pictures a little differently... I will have my monthly ort jar, as well as my bigger year jar. As you can see I did much more stitching this last month than the one previously.

I do have a couple of happy dances to show... one crochet and one cross stitch.... I started and finished an infinity scarf for my niece and here she is modeling it. It is quite large, as it fits around her head 3x's. But she likes it and is happy with it.

My cross stitch finish is the new project I start in January... Tea Break by Jardin Prive. I change the pinks to blues in mine and made the hearts read. Otherwise it is stitched with the called for DMC threads and is stitched on 32ct whimsical winter jobelan by Under the Sea fabrics.

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Next up I decided to give some of my wips some love... I worked on Autumn Quakers by Rosewood Manor for a week, and here is my updated progress picture of that.

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Then I pulled out my Summer Bouquet by Lanarte, and sort of got stuck on that one for a few weeks (3 weeks to be exact) and made great progress.

This week I finally changed projects and as of today am working on my Cornwell Cottage also by Rosewood Manor. I know that one is supposed to be our Sunday SAL... but sadly, the one year we finally have another person join Barbi and I stitching, life happens and the Sunday SAL went out the window. I'm sure poor Linda is done hers already! Anyways I hope to catch up to her soon, and finish it in the near future and then maybe we can all get back on track with a new Sunday SAL project.